A biography for Jimi Manuwahasn’t been written yet.
“I always say if you can't knock someone out with four ounce gloves on there is something wrong with you.”
“I'm a bit rusty when it comes to football.”
“I like all styles of MMA, my first classes in the sport were BJJ but I prefer to stand up.”
“When I started fighting I've always thought about being a UFC champion.”
“But the thing about Brazilian fans is that they respect top fighters and I will win them over. When my hand is raised I believe they will cheer for me.”
“If an MMA fighter is going to call out a boxer it's got to make sense.”
“I dunno - there's always a beast that comes out whenever I want it to... I can control the beast and everything, but it comes out when I want to.”
“I used to fight in school. I was a rough, athletic child. I always knew I could fight and, watching UFC, I was always fascinated by it.”
“I'm a 'come forward' kind of guy, I will never fight any other way and I don't think I could learn anything different either.”
“I'm not interested in story lines or trash-talk.”
“That was one of the great moments for me, getting a knockout in front of my home crowd in London.”
“I was introduced to money as a teenager, my friends had nice things. It came naturally to me to try and make money.”
“I think everyone knows that I keep myself to myself and I don't get involved in trash talk or anything else.”
“As soon as I found MMA, I knew that this is what I wanted to do, and it gave me focus because I was good at it anyway, and it gave me a goal to reach. I kept winning my fights, and it's given me a goal and a career opportunity.”
“I'm happy I found discipline, something I love, and I also found God.”
“I am who I am and I tune my training to the fighter I am.”
“The London fans know what I bring to the table. Destruction.”
“How I fight is what got me into the UFC in the first place.”
“I don't think anyone hits as hard as I do in the light heavyweight division.”
“For whatever reason, I've always been able to hit very hard.”